Nichola Gray KC

Practice Areas

Nichola is Joint Head of Chambers at 1 Hare Court and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2021. She has over 30 years’ experience as a financial remedy expert. She specialises exclusively in complex cases, particularly those involving corporate structures, on-shore and off-shore trusts and cases which have an international element. In addition, she is a recognised expert in disputes between unmarried cohabitees where there is a Children Act 1989, Schedule 1 element to be considered. She is also regularly instructed to advise on and to draft pre-nuptial agreements and has a wealth of experience in both defending and challenging such agreements in Court, having represented the Wife in the frequently cited case of KA v MA (Prenuptial Agreement: Needs) [2018] EWHC 499 (Fam) where she successfully challenged the terms of the pre-nuptial agreement. She is renowned both for her attention to detail and for her robust performance in Court. Nichola is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and regularly sits as a Private FDR Judge where her ability to find innovative solutions is highly regarded.

Career

University College, Oxford (Jurisprudence). Called to the Bar in 1991 & appointed Queen's Counsel in 2021.

Professional Memberships

The Family Law Bar Association

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers

Publications

Blackstone’s Guide to the Civil Partnership Act

Rayden & Jackson on Relationship Breakdown, Finances and Children (author of Chapters on ‘Civil Partnership’ and ‘Resolving Claims to Property’).